\An*noy"ance\, n. [OF. anoiance, anuiance.]
1. The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed;
molestation; vexation; annoy.
A deep clay, giving much annoyance to passengers.
--Fuller.
For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged
place, they would throw into it dead bodies.
--Wilkins.
2. That which annoys.
A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair, Any
annoyance in that precious sense. --Shak.